Manifolding-book.



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/ E. B. WILLIAMS.

MANIFOLDING BOOK;

APPLICATION FILED MAY 29, 1901. I

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PATENTED JAN. 20, 1903 E. B. WILLIAMS.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.-

EBENEZER B. WILLIAMS, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO FREDERICK J. BIPPUS, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

MANlFOLDlNG-BOOK.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 718,685, dated January 20, 1903. Application filed May 29, 1901. Serial No. 62,878. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EBENEZER B. WIL- LIAMS, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Manifolding- Books, of which the following is a specification.

The object of the present invention is to Z0 construct a releasable clasp or holder for a pad of blanks or memorandum-sheets and a carrier for the carbon-sheet, bot-h devices carried by a single base-plate adapted to be fixedly attached to the inner face of a cover of the book ora backing, on which the pad is to be placed and used, and have the construction and operation of the clasp or retainer for the pad and the carrier for the carbonsheet, one which will permit of the ready insertion and removal of the pad or block of sheets and the attachment and detachment of the carbon-sheet, and which will also allow the book to be used without the necessity of a removal of the carbon-sheet each time a duplicate and original are produced, the construction and operation being one that enables the carbon-sheet to be brought into position for use without the removal thereof from the carrier; and the invention consists 0 in the features of construction and combination of parts hereinafter described and claimed.

In the drawings illustrating the invention,

Figure l is a perspective view with the cov- 5 ers of the book open, showing the clasp or retainer for the pad or block of sheets thrown back into position for-the insertion of, a pad or block and showing the carrier for the carbon-sheet and the carbon-sheet thrown up or 0 back, so as to be out of use; Fig. 2, a perspective view similar to Fig. 1, showing the covers open and the pad or block in place and held by the clasp or retainer and the carrier for the carbon-sheet and the carbon.-

5 sheet in position for use; Fig. 3, a perspective view similar to Fig. 1, showing the clasp or retainer and the carrier for the carbonsheet applied to the outer end of one cover of the book instead of to the inner end, as in Figs. 1 and 2; Fig. 4 a detail in section of the construction shown in Figs. 1 and2; Fig.

5, a top or plan view of the base-plate and the clasp or retainer and carrier for the carbon-sheet carried by the base-plate; Fig. 6,

a perspective view of a modified form of the clasp or retainer, one of the side or end catches being omitted; Fig. 7, a top or plan view showing the carrier for the carbon -sheet opened out in position to receive the sheet; Fig. 8, a plan view of a modified form of carbon-sheet carrier; Fig. 9, a perspective view with a portion of the filled leaves held back by the carbon-sheet carrier, which acts as a retainer for such leaves; Fig. 10, a detail in section, showing the arrangement of Fig. 9, 6 with the carbon-sheet carrier utilized as a retainer for the filled sheets; and Fig. 11, a top or plan view showing the carbon-sheet carrier formed from the same piece of wire as the support, so as to act as a retainer for use, as in Fig. 9, and also as an arm for'sustaining the carbon-sheet.

The manifolding-book to which my invention is applicable may be one .having two covers A, united by a flexible back a, so that the covers can fold, and the covers andback may be made of any suitable material and of any length and width desired; but instead of employing two covers a single cover or backing may be used. As shown in Figs. 1 and 2 the clasp or retainer and the carrier for the carbon-sheet are applied to one of the covers, at the inner end thereof, and as shown in Fig.

3 the clasp or retainer and the carrier for the carbon-sheet are applied to a cover at the outer end thereof; but in either form the construction and arrangement, the clasp or retainer, and the carrier for the carbon-sheet operate the same and are applied in the same manner by being attached fixedly to the cover. 0

B is a plate, of sheet metal or other suitable material, constituting the base or mounting plate on which the clasp or retainer and the carrier of the carbon-sheet are pivotally supported, so as to perform the respective 5 Work for which each is intended. The plate B is attached by rivets b or in any other suitable manner, so as to have a fixed relation to the cover either at the inner end of one cover or at the outer end, as may be desired, and this plate has the clasp or retainer and the carrier for the carbon-sheet mounted thereon, so that both devices will be operative. The clasp or retainer C is formed from a piece of wire of the requisite length bent into shape, so as to have a pressure bar or jaw 0,

with a bent return 0 at each end connected with a journal 0 Each journal in the construction shown in Figs. 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5 has at each end an arm 0 which is turned on itself to form a catch 0 to engage with the end of the base or mounting plate, as shown in Fig. 5; but one of the arms 0 with its catch 0 can be omitted, as shown in Fig. 6, and the clasp or retainer still be operative. The journals 0 are mounted in ears or bearings 1), formed by turning the edge of the plate B so as to encircle the journal, as shown in Figs. 4 and 5, leaving the clasp or retainer mounted so that its jaw or bar 0 can be raised and lowered to release and bind the pad or block of sheets, and when the pad or block is caught and bound in the book by the pressure-bar c the catch ends or end will be engaged with the ends or end of the baseplate, holding the biting bar or jaw c of the clasp firmly in position to hold the pad or block on the cover or backing. The biting bar or jaw c of the retainer or clasp is released by disengaging the catch ends or end from the base-plate, so that the biting bar or jaw of the clasp can be withdrawn back and away from the end of the pad or block, allowing a used pad or block to be removed and a new pad or block inserted, and when inserted the new pad or block retainer is held by turning the bar or jaw of the clasp or retainer down to bite the pad or block and again engaging the catches or catch with the ends or end of the base-plate, the arms 0 having sufiicient spring to permit the catch ends to be engaged with and disengaged from the base-plate.

The carrier-support D for the carbon sheet is formed from a piece of wire having a body which is mounted in ears or bearings 17 formed by turning a portion of the base-plate into an eye, as shown in Figs. 4 and 5, and the wire has one end bent to form an arm d, to which is secured the clasp for the carbonsheet. The clasp E for the carbon-sheet is made of two pieces of fiat metal 6 and e, attached one to the other at the outer free end by a pin or pivot e so that the plate 6 can be swung on the pin or pivot away from the plate 6, and the plate a has at its inner end an eye a to receive the end of the arm d, which is secured therein by soldering or otherwise, so that the clasp for the carbon-sheetis carried by the support D therefor. The eye or loop on the inner end of the plate a is not completely closed, but is left open, so as to form a catch e which when the two plates 6 and e of the clasp are together engages a catch e on the plate 6, (shown in Fig. 7,) holding the two plates or sections of the clasp firmly together, with the end of the carbon-sheet caught between them.

The carbon-sheet F is of the usual formation for such sheet to be used with manifolding-books, and this sheet has one end entered over the plate or bar e when the plate or bar 6' is opened out, as shown in Fig. 7, so that by bringing the plate or bar 6 into line with the plate or bar 6 the end of the carbon-sheet will be caught and held between the two plates or bars, and in order to increase the hold or the grasp on the end of the sheet both bars or plates thereof are grooved or indented, forming in each plate or bar a groove f, which when the two plates or bars are in line fit one into the other, giving the clasp a firm hold on the end of the carbon-sheet and preventing displacement of the carbon-sheet in ordinary use. The pad or block G is of the usual construction, having original and duplicate sheets 9 and g bound together or otherwise secured at one end, or of other construction, so as to have a shape adapted for one end to be entered into the clasp or retainer O and be caught and held therein and bound in place on the cover, so as to have the leaves extend on the cover in position for use. The tab or block may be formed with separate original and duplicate sheets cut at the unattached end, as shown in Fig. 2, or the tab or block may be formed of leaves or sheets having the original and duplicate leaf or sheet in one and adapted to be torn off adjacent to the clasp or retainer, as shown in Fig. 3.

The carrier-support D can be provided with a lifter, by pressing on which with the thumb the free end of the carrier, with the clasp for the carbon-sheet, can be elevated to raise the attached end of the sheet for the bringing thereover of the original leaf or sheet, and a construction for this purpose is shown in Fig. 8, in which the wire for the carrier-support is bent or turned so as to form a raised portion adjacent to the arm, which raised portion forms a lifter d, by pressing down on which the free end of the arm D can be elevated, together with the clasp attaching the carbon-sheet. The lifter instead of being formed with the wire can be a separate piece attached in position so as to be pressed upon by the thumb or finger of the operator to raise the sheet.

The carrier for the carbon-sheet used with a pad or block retained or caught at the inner end of the cover has a short arm (I; but for use with a pad or block caught and held by the retainer at the outer end of the cover or backing the arm (1 is lengthened, so as to extend nearly the full length of the cover, as shown in Fig. 3. The carbon sheet with either construction of carrier is operated in the same manner, and in operation the duplicate sheet g to receive the impression is to be placed under the sheet of carbon, with the original sheet 9 over the carbon. The memorandum is made on the original sheet and transmitted by the carbon to the duplicate sheet, as usual, after which the original can be torn olit' or removed, for which purpose the original at its inner end may be perforated or otherwise formed to allow easy removal. After the original sheet which has been filled has been removed, the duplicate sheet, when IIO the carbon is worked from the top of the pad or block, is carried back out of the way, for which purpose the carrier is free to rise or can be raised by the operator, when by placing a pencil or other instrument beneath the next original sheet such sheet and the filled duplicate sheet can be passed back by carrying the pencil backward beneath the clasp E, which is permissible by the free end of the clasp being open'and unobstructed, and when the sheets are carried back so as to be entirely clear of the clasp the clasp will fall and the carbon-sheet will be in position on the next duplicate or receiving sheet,when by returning the original sheet into position for the memorandum the memorandum made thereon will be transmitted to the duplicate sheet in the making of thememorandum, as usual. These operations of raising the carrier and bringing the carbon-sheet and original and duplicate sheets into position can be repeated until the pad or block has all of the duplicate sheets filled,when such pad or block can be removed by releasing the clasp or retainer and a new pad or block can beinserted by returning the clasp or retainer to binding or locking position, rendering the book again ready for use.

The mounting of the clasp or retainer and the carbon-sheet carrier on the same plate enables both devices to be attached to a cover or backing at the same time, and when attached the two devicesthe clasp or retainer and the carbon-sheet carrierwill always have and retain a correct relation for use.

The device is exceedingly simple and can be readily and easily applied to a book or backing and when applied will perform the office of holding the pad or block and carrying a carbon-sheet in an effectual and reliable manner and so as to be readily and quickly operative, both as to the insertion and withdrawal of a pad or block of sheets and the operation of the carbon-sheet carrier. The carbon-sheet carrier will be found useful as a means for holding memorandum-sheets that have been filled, which sheets can be successively brought beneath the transverse bar of the carrier, at the free end thereof, and with the carrier held back the bar will press on the few sheets and hold them down and against turning back over the sheet to be filled; and for this purpose the transverse bar at the free end of the support need not necessarily be of a construction to carry the carbon-sheet, as it could be formed of the wire of which the support is formed, which wire would of course allow of the attachment of the carbonsheet by forming a loop on the end of the carbon-sheet, through which the wire could be slipped.

What I claim as new, and desire 'to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In a manifolding-book, the combination of a cover or backing, a base-plate attached to the cover or backing at one end thereof, a clasp or retainer mounted on the base-plate 2. In a manifolding-book, the combination of a cover or backing, a base-plate attached to the cover or backing at one end thereof, a clasp or retainer mounted on the base-plate and consisting of a wire bent to form a jaw or pressure-bar to engage a pad or block of memorandum-sheets, returns at the ends of the jaw or pressure-bar, a journal extending out from each return, an arm at the end of the journal, and a catch on the end of the arm engaging the base-plate and holding the jaw or pressure-bar in engagement with the pad or block, substantially as described.

3. In a manifolding-book, the combination of a cover or backing, a base-plate attached to the cover or backing at one end thereof a clasp or retainer mounted on the base-plate and consisting of a wire bent to form a jaw or pressure-bar to engage a pad or block of memorandum-sheets, returns at the ends of the jaw or pressure-bar, a journal extending out from each return, an arm at the end of the journal, and a catch on the arm engaging the base-plate, and a carbon-sheet carrier mounted on the base-plate and consisting of a wiresupport bent to have an arm, and a two-part clasp formed of two plates or bars pivoted to each other at the free end, one plate or bar attached to the arm of the wire support and the other plate or bar free to swing or turn on the pivot, substantially as described.

4. In a manifolding-book, the combination of a cover orbacking, a base-plate attached to the cover or backing at one end thereof, a clasp or retainer mounted on the base-plate and consisting of a wire bent to form a jaw or pressure-bar to engage a pad or block of memorandum-sheets, returns at the end of the jaw or pressure-bar, a journal extending out from each return, an arm at the end of the journal, a catch on the end of the arm engaging the base-plate, a carbon-sheet carrier mounted on the base-plate and consisting of a wire support, bent to have an arm and a lifter, and a two-part clasp formed of two plates or bars pivoted to each other at the free end and having one plate or bar attached to the end of the arm and the other plate or bar free to swing or turn on the pivot and a catch for the free end of the swinging plate or bar for securing a block or pad of memorandum-sheets in place and retaining a carbon-sheet in operative position to coact with the-sheets of the block or pad, substantially as described.

EBENEZER B. WILLIAMS.

Witnesses:

J. O. HARMON, FREDRIOK J. BIPPUS. 

